Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations

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MCPH metacarpophalangeal
MCPJ metacarpophalangeal joint
MCPP metacarpophalangeal pattern profile; metacarpophalangeal profile; meta-chlorophenylpiperazine
MCPPP metacarpophalangeal pattern profile plot
MCPS Member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons
Mcps megacycles per second
MCPT Monte Carlo photon transport
MCQ multiple-choice question
MCR Medical Corps Reserve; melanocortin receptor; message competition ratio; metabolic clearance rate; myotonia congenita, recessive type
5-MCR 5-methylchrysene
mcr minor breakpoint cluster region
MCRA Member of the College of Radiologists, Australasia
MCRD monolithic controlled release device [cardiac pacing]
MCRE mother-child relationship evaluation
MCRglc cerebral metabolic rate for glucose
MCRI Multifactorial Cardiac Risk Index
MCS malignant carcinoid syndrome; managed care system; massage of the carotid sinus; Meharry Cohort Study; medical computing services; mesocaval shunt; method of constant stimuli; methylcholanthrene [induced] sarcoma; microculture and sensitivity; middle coronary sinus; Miles-Carpenter syndrome; Minnesota Coronary Survey; moisture-control system; multicenter study; multiple chemical sensitivity; multiple cloning site; multiple combined sclerosis; myocardial contraction state
MC & S microscopy, culture, and sensitivity
mc/s megacycles per second
MCSA Moloney cell surface antigen
MCSD minimum clinically significant difference
MCSDS Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale
MCSDT Minnesota Coronary Survey Dietary Trial
MCSF, (M)-CSF macrophage colony-stimulating factor
MCSP Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists
mCSP melanoma-specific chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan
MCSPG melanoma-specific chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan
McSPI Multicenter Study of Perioperative Ischemia
MCSW male commercial sex worker
MCT manual cervical traction; mean cell thickness; mean cell threshold; mean circulation time; mean corpuscular thickness; medial canthal tendon; medium-chain triglyceride; medullary carcinoma of thyroid; medullary collecting tubule; microtoxicity test; microwave coagulation therapy; microwave computed tomography; minimal common tagset; multiple compressed tablet
μCT micro-computed tomography
MCTC metrizamide computed tomography cisternography
MCTD mixed connective tissue disease
MCTF mononuclear cell tissue factor
MC/TF multiple choice/true-false
MCU malaria control unit; maximum care unit; micturating cystourethrography; motor cortex unit; multipoint control unit
MCUG micturating cystogram
MCV Malvaceous chlorosis virus; mean cell volume; mean clinical value; mean contour value; mean corpuscular volume; measles-containing vaccine; median cell volume; molluscum contagiosum virus; motor conduction velocity; myelocytomatosis virus
MCx main circumflex [artery]
MD Doctor of Medicine [Lat. Medicinae Doctor]; magnesium deficiency; main duct; maintenance dose; major depression; malate dehydrogenase; malignant disease; malrotation of duodenum; manic-depressive; Mantoux diameter; Marek disease; maternal deprivation; maximum dose; mean deviation; Meckel diverticulum; mediastinal disease; medical department; Medical Design [brace]; mediodorsal; medium dosage; mendelian dominant gene; Meniere disease; meningococcal disease; Menkes disease; mental deficiency; mental depression; mesiodistal; methyldifluoroarsine; Miller-Dieker [syndrome]; Minamata disease; minimum dose; mitral disease; mixed diet; moderate disability; molecular diagnostics; molecular dynamics; monocular deprivation; movement disorder; multi-drug [therapy]; multiple deficiency; muscular dystrophy; mutual information; myelodysplasia; myocardial damage; myocardial disease; myotonic dystrophy
Md mendelevium
md median
MDA malondialdehyde; manual dilation of anus; mass drug administration; methylene dianiline; 3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine; minimal deviation adenocarcinoma; monodehydroascorbate; motor discriminative acuity; Mullerian duct anomaly; multivariant discriminant analysis; mutation detection enhancement; right mentoanterior [fetal position]
MDa megadalton
MDAC multiple dose activated charcoal; multiplying digital-to-analog converter
MDACC M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
MDAD mineral dust airway disease
MDAP Machover Draw-A-Person [test]
MDB medulloblastoma; mental deterioration Battery
MDBDF March of Dimes Birth Defect Foundation
MDBK Madin-Darby bovine kidney [cell]
MDC macrophage-derived chemokine; major diagnostic categories; metalloprotease disintegrin cysteine [-rich protein]; Metoprolol in Dilated Cardiomyopathy [trial]; minimum detectable concentration; monocyte-depleted mononuclear cell; Multicenter Dilated Cardiomyopathy [trial]
mDC mature dendritic cell
MDCK Madin-Darby canine kidney
MDCR Miller-Dieker [syndrome] chromosome region
MDCT multi-detector computerized tomography
MDCV Mojui Dos Campos virus
MDD major depressive disorder; mean daily dose; medical data dictionary; medical device directives; monitored drug dictionary
MDDC monocyte-derived dendritic cell
MDDL medical device data language
MDDS Malm Diet and Disease Study; medical diagnostic decision support [system]
MDE major depressive episode; minimum defibrillation energy; molecular distance edge
MDEBP mean daily erect blood pressure
MDEG mammalian degenerin
MDentSc Master of Dental Science
MDEV medical device [UMLS]
MDF mean dominant frequency; myocardial depressant factor
MDFA multiple developmental field anomalies
MDFC multidirectional flow chamber
MDFD map-dot-fingerprint dystrophy
MDG mean diastolic gradient; methyladenine deoxyribonucleic acid glycosylase
MDGF macrophage-derived growth factor
MDH malate dehydrogenase; medullary dorsal horn
MDHR maximum determined heart rate
MDHV Marek disease herpesvirus
MDI manic-depressive illness; metered dose inhaler; methylene diphenyl diisocyanate; Michelson Doppler imager; multiple daily injection; multiple document interface; multiple dosage insulin; Multiscore Depression Inventory
MDIA multidimensional interaction analysis
MDI-A metered-dose inhaler with aerochamber
MDI-DED metered-dose inhaler with delivery enhancement device
MDIPT Multicenter Diltiazem Postinfarction Trial
MDIS medical diagnostic imaging support; medical diagnostic imaging system
MDIT mean disintegration time
MDK midkine
MDL minimum description length; minimum detection limit
MDLIS molecular diagnostic laboratory information system
MDLS Miller-Dieker lissencephaly syndrome
MDM medical decision making; mid-diastolic murmur; minor determinant mix [penicillin]; monocyte-derived macrophage
MDMA methylenedioxymethamphetamine
MD-MPH Doctor of Medicine-Master of Public Health [combined degree in medicine and public health]
MDMU medical devices for military use
mdn median
MDNB mean daily nitrogen balance; metadinitrobenzene
MDNCF monocyte-derived neutrophil chemotactic factor
MDNV Maiden virus
MDO minimum detectable object
MDOPA, mdopa methyldopa
MDOV Monte Dourado virus
MDP manic-depressive psychosis; maximum diastolic potential; maximum digital pulse; methylene diphosphate; microsomal dipeptidase; minimum distending pressure; muramyldipeptide; muscular dystrophy, progressive; right mentoposterior [fetal position]
MDPD maximum daily permissible dose
MD-PhD combined degree in medicine and science
MDPIT Multicenter Diltiazem Postinfarction Trial
MDPK myotonic dystrophy protein kinase
MDQ memory deviation quotient; Menstrual Distress Questionnaire; minimum detectable quantity
MDR median duration of response; medical device reporting; minimum daily requirement; multidrug resistance
mdr multidrug resistance
MDRD Modification of Diet in Renal Disease [study]
MDRE multidrug-resistant Enterococcus
MDREF multidrug-resistant enteric fever
MDRP multidrug resistance protein
MDRS Mattis Dementia Rating Scale
MDRSP multidrug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae
MDR TB multidrug resistance in tuberculosis
MDR-TB multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
MDRV Mill Door virus
MdRV Musca domestica reovirus
MDS Master of Dental Surgery; maternal deprivation syndrome; medical data screening; medical data source; medical data system; medical device system; mesonephric duct system; micro-dilution system; milk drinker's syndrome; Miller-Dieker syndrome; minimum data set; monophasic damped sine; Mood Disorders Service [database]; morpheme database; multidimensional scaling; myelodysplastic syndrome; myocardial depressant substance
MDS+ minimum data set (plus)
MDS/AML myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloblastic leukemia
MDSBP mean daily supine blood pressure
MDSC muscle-derived stem cell
MD/SC multidrug/short course
MDS-HCACP minimum data set home care assessment clients protocol
MDSO mentally disturbed sex offender
MDSP multiple diagnostic services program
MDSS medical decision support system
MDT mast [cell] degeneration test; mean dissolution time; median detection threshold; multidisciplinary team; multidrug therapy; right mentotransverse [fetal position]
MDTP multidisciplinary treatment plan
MDTR mean diameter-thickness ratio
MDUO myocardial disease of unknown origin
MDV Main Drain virus; Marek disease virus; mean dye [bolus] velocity; mucosal disease virus; multidose vial
MDW monophasic defibrillation waveform
MDX Medical Internet Exchange
MDY month, date, year
Mdyn megadyne
ME macular edema; malic enzyme; manic episode; maximum effort; maximum entropy; median eminence; medical education; medical examiner; meningoencephalitis; mercaptoethanol; metabolic energy; metabolic equivalent; metabolism; metamyelocyte; microembolism; microenvironment; middle ear; mouse embryo; mouse epithelial [cell]; muscle examination; myalgic encephalomyelitis; myoclonic epilepsy; myo-electric; myoepithelial
M/E myeloid/erythroid [ratio]
M+E, M&E monitoring and evaluation
2-ME 2-mercaptoethanol
Me menton; methyl
μE microelectrode
MEA male-enhanced antigen; Medical Exhibition Association; mercaptoethylamine; monoethanolamine; multi-electrode array [catheter-mounted]; multiple endocrine abnormalities; multiple endocrine adenomatosis
MEA-I multiple endocrine adenomatosis type I
3MeA 3-methyladenine
MEAC Measles Elimination Advisory Committee [Australia]
mEAD monophasic action potential early afterdepolarization
MEADOW Method Alternative: Distal Occlusion and Wash-out in Saphenous Vein Graft [study]
MEANS modular electrocardiogram analysis system
meas measurement
MEAP multiphasic environmental assessment procedure
MEAV Meaban virus
MEB Medical Evaluation Board; muscle-eye-brain [disease]
MeB methylene blue
ME-BH medial eminence of basal hypothalamus
MEBS muscle-eye-brain syndrome
MeBSA methylated bovine serum albumin
MEC mammary epithelial cell; median effective concentration; middle ear canal; middle ear cell; minimum effective concentration; mobile examination center
mec meconium
MECA methylcholanthrene
MeCCNU methylchloroethylcyclohexylnitrosourea [semustine]
MECG mixed essential cryoglobulinemia
MECP methyl-CpG-binding protein
MECTA mobile electroconvulsive therapy apparatus
MECY methotrexate and cyclophosphamide
MED median erythrocyte diameter; medical, medication, medicine; medical electronic desktop; Medical Entities Dictionary; minimum effective dose; minimum erythema dose; multiple epiphyseal dysplasia
MED₅₀ median effective dose for mild cognitive impairment of the exposed population
med medial; median; medication; medicine, medical; medium
MEDAC multiple endocrine deficiency, Addison's disease, and candidiasis [syndrome]
MEDAL Medical Algorithms [project]
MED-ART Medical Automated Records Technology
MEDAS medical emergency decision assistant system
MEDCEN medical center
MEDCOM medical command
MEDDAC medical department activity
MedDRA medical dictionary of drug regulatory activities
MedDX medical diagnosis
MEDEVAC, Medevac medical evacuation
MEDEX, Medex extension of physician [Fr. medicin extension]
MEDIC multi-echo data image combination
medic military medical corpsman [Lat. medicus]
Medi-Cal Medicaid in California
MEDICO Medical International Cooperation
MEDICS Medway Integrated Care Support [project]
MED-IDDM multiple epiphyseal dysplasia-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus [syndrome]
MEDIGATE Medical Examination Direct Iconic and Graphic Augmented Test Entry
MEDIHC Military Experience Directed Into Health Careers
MedIndEx medical indexing expert
MEDINFO medical informatics
MEDIPP medical district-initiated planning program
MEDIPRO medical district-initiated peer review organization
MEDIS-DC Medical Information System Development Center [Japan]
MEDIX medical data interchange
MED-LAN medical center with local area network
MedLAN Medical Local Area Network [UK]
MEDLARS Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System [NLM information system]
MedLEE Medical Language Extraction and Encoding [system]
MEDLINE MEDLARS Online
MEDPAR medical provider analysis and review
MEdREP Medical Education Reinforcement and Enrichment Program
MEDRIS Medical Records Interface or Input System
MEDS minimum emergency data set